Mohave County miner., 1887-11-19
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.
The nisfsry Of Ma"'s SuLstitut'
i0r tbc bun.

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fifty, pariook oi dinner ut Parker's ~.
ceutiy, the attendance being nnusuali.
large. lniGtrodncins the principal speak.
or oi the evening, Richard j. Monks,
Treasurer OF tile south Bostoa Gasiisi',
Company, the prcsiding officer alluded to
him Az one OF class 10 whoai 30 mp@h IL
-speeialists--wh have rarely ~
seiaed the payment due TO thetp, who
have given their lives 10 the study o..
their art.
AR. Monks said that the subject oi
astiieial Light MAS very large ana worth,
OF . series u lectures, as it ought to Dc
covered. lie referred 70 the worship O.
the or.,s by the ancieats. Tue IncAs
claimed 10 be children ol the sun. Light
OF son:e sort WAS associated with iDose
who expected some return from theiI
duty. 1ne practice VI fired in open spaces
~as common In ancient times. As civil.
EATON advanced lamp laws were plssea
10 prohibit Donire-. For centuries bon.
fires We're, cotnmon with the Celtic natives
ia Europe. ESPECIALLY AZ festival times.
Deicon ares were o.ten used as sisnals.
lneir Use is mentioned in the Greek
tragedy oi "AsamemoI." In Spain taxes
were ieyied ~ Sustain beacons al The
time OF the Armada. In the Book "
jeremiah, in til, B!ole, thsrs is an allus.
ION 10 the Dire sisn4l. There was y mast
An tar oarrel Oh Beacon hill. II aas
never ussd .GnI was bioSa down In 1888.
rls uss OF wnIls oil orr sinAtei with the
SVrwesians. In 1881 ths Dltch had 26l
'ssse!s, employing l4,llJ msa, IN the
olsiness.. Ia New England the whales
were drst cansht from small boats. Tae
Indian. engaged with activity il the hnHi
iOr whales. In 1858 there were go ves-
sells Of 2lJ,ooo tons burden engaged in the
american whale fishery. The argand
lamp was first used in 1872. the decline
in wnals fishery was due to the discovery
of oil in Pennsylvania. -.
Candles were spoken Of frst in remote
period. Their use really began In the
eArly history OF Christianity. As late as
the sixteenth century their use WAS
limited. In spite OF modern methods the
candle is used for certain purposes, and
the sof, light cannot fail to pielse the
eye. Tha honor ana merit OF the first
application OF coal gas seems to belong to
William lgrdock, oi Redworth, Cora.
walL In 1872 he lighted an extensive
manufacturing establishment. France
also claims the honor OF its frst demon
strAiion, but not satisfactorily. January
%, 1877, saw "a number OF London streets
lighted by gas. The amount OF s29,000
was raised and the King petitioned for
the incorporation Of company. Two
companies supply London at 10 cents per
600 cubic teet. and their capital is s6),-
100000. Coal gas was first used in Balti
more IN 1916, and for some time its pro.
gress was slow and unsatisfactory. Now
there are over ] 80 WORKS 10 the United
S,a,es, furnishing employment to over
Is, 600 men, d portion being Tor the man
ufsrture OF water gas.
In 1898 Frenchman discovered the
process by which water gas WIS m Id..
In 1875 Professor Lowe established The
first works in the Unitei States. The
business has increased enormously here.
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but not always, becaise hard coal and
! naplitha are 50 expensive. Natural gas
has been known and extensively used in
Asia and China for q long time. History
tells us OF we'll in Fran :e in the time o.
Julius Caesar. Tie frst In the United
States WAS In Charleston. The Taylor
House, IN Fredonia, n. r., was illumin.
ated in 1924 In honor OF lafayette. A
few years ago a gas well Was discovered
in Ocean Spray, near this city. The
nature and efficiency Of natural gas is but
partly understood. =. rr:+&t ;
Petroleum was known TO mankind from
the dawn OF history. It was spokeno Of IN
Sweden in 1850 In Western PcnEsyl-
vania i, was found On the gfonnd and
| used as a MEDICINE many years before
wells were bored. In 1854 well seventy
two feet deep yielded more than 1900
barrels day. Then reekless spirit Of
speculation arose. 1t enriched a few,
while il ruined thousapls. The standard
drill is fiye and ope,haif inches, the fow
being as great from a. small as from a
large -hole, In 1889 the production
an onnted to 25,o)o.00) barrels, and tn
stock on hand June |, 1850, was valued
at sl1 .011,0oO. Russia has valuable de.
posits az Baku, long known but Just put
to commercial use. The value OF exports
thence in 1883 was sl5.O1J,Q)1. In Rus
sia they are ahead Of America in being
able to use the residuum OF petroleum.
So abundant is the oil in Baku that work
gan bs carried on by its flame at night,
and the oozing OF the oil from the ground
prevents dust. Boston Herald. 's.oE
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